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UN Security Council to vote on Sudan Ramadan ceasefire call

The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the beginning of Ramadan next week as conditions in the country continue to deteriorate.

International Women's Day marked on the streets and in the courts

People around the world marked International Women's Day Friday with protests, demonstrations and celebrations.

El Nino raises food security risk in southern Africa: FAO

The El Nino weather phenomenon, coupled with widespread drought, is posing an increasing risk to food security in southern Africa, a UN agency warned Friday.

Nigeria sends troops to rescue more than 250 kidnapped students

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years.

South African Jewish women march against abuse of Gaza hostages

A group of South African Jewish women held an International Women's Day march on Friday to denounce their government's silence on alleged abuse by Hamas fighters against Israeli hostages.

Japan couples file suit seeking separate surnames

Six couples sued the Japanese government on Friday seeking the right to use different surnames after marriage, filing the case to coincide with International Women's Day.

More than 230 mn female genital mutilation survivors worldwide: UNICEF

The number of female genital mutilation survivors tops 230 million worldwide, UNICEF said in a new report Thursday, an increase of 15 percent since 2016 despite progress against the practice in some countries.

Ireland votes to update constitution on women, family

Ireland begins voting in a double referendum Friday on proposals to modernise constitutional references to the make-up of a family and women's role in the home.

New York jury deliberates in drug trafficking trial of Honduras ex-president

A New York jury began deliberations Thursday in the trial of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on charges of drug trafficking, including the transfer of hundreds of tons of cocaine through his country to the United States.

US power company admits it might have started huge Texas fire

A US power company admitted Thursday that its equipment may have sparked the largest wildfire in Texas' history.

Senegal set to elect new president on March 24

Senegal on Thursday looked set to elect its new president on March 24 and end weeks of crisis triggered by the delay to the poll, after the top constitutional body agreed to the new date suggested by the president.

Pornhub platform sues over EU content law

Porn site Pornhub is challenging the European Union's landmark digital content law, arguing it does not meet the criteria to come under stricter rules, its parent company said Thursday.

Germany remands Baader-Meinhof suspect over 1990s attacks

A former member of the radical anti-capitalist Baader-Meinhof gang arrested in Berlin last week after decades on the run was remanded in custody on Thursday over three violent attacks in the 1990s.

'Crumbs of freedom': Saudi sisters prove limits of social change

The Al-Otaibi sisters have paid a steep price for defending women's rights in Saudi Arabia, with one detained, another exiled, and the third trapped in the kingdom under a travel ban.

France's lower house backs compensating victims of anti-gay laws

France's LGBTQ activists rejoiced Thursday after the lower house of parliament overnight unanimously approved a bill to compensate gay people convicted under discriminatory laws from 1942 to 1982.

EU curbs kick in to make big tech play by its market rules

The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kick in from Thursday, but just how far Brussels succeeds in bringing the giants to heel will hinge on bitter battles that lie ahead.

Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's geisha district

Visitors will be banned from entering private alleys in Kyoto's famous geisha district, a local representative said on Thursday, as the ancient city tackles overtourism after the pandemic.

Fanatics who plotted end of CIA, FBI given life sentences in US

Four adults who ran a heavily fortified compound and were awaiting the resurrection of a kidnapped toddler they thought could help them rid the world of the CIA, the FBI and the American military were given life sentences by a US judge on Wednesday.

UN Security Council meeting raises alarm on 'critical' Haiti situation

The UN Security Council expressed its concern over the deteriorating situation in violence-gripped Haiti on Wednesday, as Washington ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry to secure a political settlement.

Charges dropped in 'Hotel California' theft trial

Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped charges Wednesday against three antique collectors accused of handling stolen lyrics for 1970s hit "Hotel California" and other tracks by rock group the Eagles.

Argentina's Milei tells school kids abortion is 'murder'

President Javier Milei said he considers abortion, which is legal in Argentina, to be "murder", in a speech to high school students on Wednesday.

S. Africa urges more emergency ICJ measures against Israel over Gaza 'starvation'

South Africa on Wednesday petitioned the International Court of Justice to impose fresh emergency measures on Israel over what it described as the "widespread starvation" resulting from its Gaza offensive.

New York to deploy state troops, police on subway

New York said Wednesday it would deploy National Guard troops and police across the city subway due to surging violence on the network serving the United States' largest metropolis.

EU will force big tech to change 'behaviour': competition chief

The EU is prepared to deploy its full arsenal to force big tech companies to change their behaviour online, the bloc's competition chief said Wednesday, the day before a sweeping new law comes into force.

UN says 2023 was deadliest year for migrants in a decade

At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Kenya police deployment to Haiti: What's next?

A reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti to send police from the East African nation to the violence-wracked country has raised hopes the Nairobi-led, UN-backed multinational peace mission could deploy soon.

Spain prosecutors seek jail for ex-Madrid coach Ancelotti over tax

Spanish prosecutors on Wednesday called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be jailed for four years and nine months, saying he had failed to declare earnings to the tax office.

Crocs, cyclones and 'magnificent melaleucas': Aussie beach named world's best

It may have deadly animals and wild weather, but Palm Cove in Australia's northeast has been named the world's best beach, beating rivals in Hawaii, Greece and Fiji.

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

Top Haitian gang leader warns of civil war, genocide

A powerful Haitian gang leader warned Tuesday that the chaos engulfing the capital Port-au-Prince will lead to civil war and "genocide" unless Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down.

Peru PM resigns over influence-peddling claims

Peru's powerful Prime Minister Alberto Otarola resigned Tuesday amid allegations of influence-peddling to help a young woman he is said to have addressed lovingly in recordings released by news media.

Chaos grips Haiti as PM struggles to return

The embattled Prime Minister of Haiti appeared to be struggling to return home on Tuesday, with the main Port-au-Prince airport under attack and neighboring Dominican Republic refusing permission for him to land.

Gaza's starving children need a 'flood' of aid: UN

The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to "flood" Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

Tesla German plant halts production after attack claimed by far-left group

Tesla halted production at its German factory Tuesday after high-voltage lines supplying the carmaker's only European plant were set on fire in an act of "sabotage" claimed by a far-left group.

10 years after MH370 vanished, families still in limbo

Ten years after her mother disappeared on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Grace Nathan still struggles to accept that she is gone.

Five things to know about the EU's landmark digital act

The world's biggest digital companies will be forced to comply from Thursday with strict EU rules that Brussels hopes will make the online market fairer for all.

Organised backlash unravels progress in women's rights: research

Conservative counter-campaigns are unravelling global advances in women's rights, the latest "backlash" in a series dating to the 1980s, activists and experts warned ahead of International Women's Day on Friday.

Supercharged EU armed - at last - to take on tech titans

Clamping down harder and faster on abuses of power by the world's biggest digital companies: such is the promise of the European Union's new legal arsenal, which comes into full force from Thursday.

Football star Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated offence

International women's football star Sam Kerr is facing trial in England after pleading not guilty to a racially aggravated offence against a London police officer, prosecutors said.

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